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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Boyd School of Law’s Work with Clark High School Students Culminates April 11 in Mock Trial

On April 11, the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law’s Minority Law
Students Association (MLSA) will host more than 120 Clark High School
students for a day of mock trials and campus tours in an effort to
encourage the students to pursue higher education. The event is the
culmination of a month-and-a-half-long partnership between the MLSA and
Clark High School that had law students visiting the high school to
teach about the law and the judicial process.

For the first time in the history of the program, called Street Law,
the high school students will present their cases in front of four
judges from Clark County courts. Judge Bill Gonzalez, Judge Nancy Allf,
Judge Joanna Kishner, and Judge Frank Sullivan will each preside over
one of the mock trials. Senator Ruben Kihuen and District Attorney Steve
Wolfson will provide words of encouragement at the opening of the
event.

“The Street Law Program places Boyd students in high school
classrooms to teach students lessons in the law that will help them in
their everyday lives and promote their civic awareness,” said Frank
Durand, Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Boyd School of Law.
“In addition to helping high school students to become better, and
better informed, citizens, the program endeavors to get them thinking
more seriously about going to college... and perhaps considering a legal
career.”

The program was created by Dean Durand and Professor Robert
Correales, both from Boyd, along with Scott Beeten, a Clark High School
teacher.

“The students of the William S. Boyd School of Law strive to make a
difference. This program is one of the many ways the students seek to
enrich the community,” said Rob Telles, President of the MLSA.

The mock trial event will be held April 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Boyd School of Law.